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Making the Rounds
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Making the Rounds, a podcast from the American Medical Association, features advice, interviews and discussions on the most important topics impacting the lives and careers of medical students. Find all AMA podcasts at ama-assn.org/podcasts.
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Meet Your Match | Tips for IMGs entering U.S. residency with Ricardo Correa, MD.
Apr 24, 202500:26:24Tap to summarizeStepping into U.S. residency as an IMG? Consider these practical tips and cultural insights to help you succeed from day one. 📎 AMA's IMG Toolkit: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/international-medical-education/international-medical-graduates-img-toolkit-introduction ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
Transcribe →Match Day 2025 results: NRMP match rates by specialty, SOAP match statistics and more
Mar 31, 202500:08:27Tap to summarizeWhat happens on Match Day? How many residency programs are there in the US? How many medical students matched in 2025? What happens if you don't match? Jeanette Calli, chief of match operations at the National Resident Matching Program, discusses the latest main residency match results, including Match Day participation rates and trends in the residency match process. Also covering Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) results for residency placements. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Meet Your Match | What Match data says—and why you shouldn't stress
Feb 26, 202500:31:07Tap to summarizeAhead of Match Day, the NRMP's Chief Operating Officer Laurie Curtin, PhD, offers insight on recent Match trends that may ease stress for eager residency applicants. Dig into the data more--visit: nrmp.org/match-data ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Meet Your Match | Ranking your home program with Avani Patel, MD, MHA
Feb 21, 202500:21:39Tap to summarizeStaying at an institution for residency can feel familiar but it comes with its own unique set of challenges. Avani Patel, MD, MHA, who attended medical school and did her GME training at the same location offers her thoughts. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Replay: How to navigate SOAP, with Victoria Gordon, DO
Feb 14, 202500:32:16Tap to summarizeGoing through the Supplemental Offer Acceptance Program made for chaotic Match Week for Victoria Gordon, DO. A few years later, she reflects on the process and offers advice for those who might have to match through SOAP. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Replay: Assessing program culture during virtual residency interviews
Dec 10, 202400:16:00Tap to summarizeAlison Schmidt, MD, a resident physician who went through residency selection virtually, offers advice on how applicants can get a feel for program culture during virtual residency interviews. Dr. Schmidt is an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Michigan Medicine. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Meet Your Match | Preparing for residency interviews with Leigh Eck, MD
Nov 26, 202400:17:46Tap to summarizeWhich questions are you likely to hear during residency interviews? Leigh Eck, MD—the director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Kansas Medical Center—offers some tips on common questions and how to prepare for them. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Meet Your Match | How to highlight your passions during your residency interviews
Nov 18, 202400:28:47Tap to summarizeCharles Lopresto, DO gives tips on how residency applicants can highlight their passions and extracurricular experiences during interviews. Prepared to talk about your research project? Know how to answer about your experiences as an advocate? Dr. Lopresto covers all this and more. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
Transcribe →Leadership and advocacy opportunities during medical school, with Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA
Oct 29, 202400:14:18Tap to summarizeWhat do residency programs care about the most? What does AMA do for medical school? How important is advocacy in medical education? Why is healthcare advocacy important? Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, and chair of the AMA Board of Trustees, discusses the vital role of health care advocacy for medical students and residents, and how involvement in organized medicine can enhance a candidate's residency application and contribute to their development as a physician leader. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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Meet Your Match | Perfecting your application packet with dean Mark C. Meyer, MD
Sep 19, 202400:29:17Tap to summarizeFrom letters of recommendation to your CV, what does a complete residency application packet entail and where might students trip up? In this episode, AMA senior news writer Brendan Murphy talks with Mark C. Meyer, MD, senior associate dean for student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, about mistakes to avoid and ways you can take your application to the next level. Get more from the interview -- read the article Brendan mentions, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/medical-students/preparing-residency/do-s-and-don-ts-cv-writing-residency-applicants ✶✶✶✶ 📺 Follow the @americanmedicalassociation on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AMA_YouTubeChannel 🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for the latest in health care news for physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update 📝 Full transcripts of the show are available here: https://bit.ly/AMA_Update_Transcripts 📧 Subscribe to AMA Morning Rounds newsletter, with the news you need every morning delivered to your inbox: https://bit.ly/AMA-MorningRounds 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episodes now: https://bit.ly/AMA_Podcasts 💬 Connect with the AMA on social media: https://bit.ly/AMA_Social_Media
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